This is going to be another quite quick and easy make but it would be great for a variety of projects. I will try this as a sewn card idea later on - so watch this space for the finished results.
Firstly I started with my sketch - it only has three main sections so it didn't take long at all. You have a large tear drop shape for the birds body, a heart shape for its wing and just a small triangle to make up the birds beak.
I used some old card stock to cut all the templates out and once I had selected some old papers I traced around the templates onto my scrap paper stock. It could work with all patterned pieces but I had a red sheet that has been in my scrap paper box for a while so I decided to keep the bird quite bold but added the pattern on its wing. I put the pieces aside so that I could concentrate on the background of the card.
The background was just made up with a simple leaf stamp that I added small blue forget-me-not like flowers to. Then all I did along the bottom of the card was use some scrap ribbon as a branch. Once I was happy with the background I glued my bird pieces to the design. As I had been inspired by the patchwork bird I saw originally I used a pen to add fake stitching effects to each piece and finished it off with an 'Old Bird' caption. I have a recipient in mind who shares the same weird sense of humour and I know she will love this card!
The next in my Thrifty Ideas Projects will be a weaved card using old papers - watch this space!
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